Frequently asked questions
Are you good enough, you ask? Of course! We welcome writers at every stage of their scriptwriting journey - from those taking their very first steps to seasoned professionals whose work you've seen on stage and screen.
So now we've put your mind at rest, let's cut to the practical stuff. Choose your topic from the headings below to see the relevant Q&As.
It’s £40 per year if you’re working, or £20 per year if you’re unwaged.
No. However, if there’s something ‘Yorkshirey’ about you, so much the better! Born in Yorkshire. Yorkshire ancestry. Married to someone from Yorkshire. Owner of a Yorkshire Terrier. You get the gist. Seriously, though, we really don’t discriminate; you can be a member and participate in our online workshops from anywhere in the world. But it does help if you live in Yorkshire, though, because then you can participate in our face-to-face events.
Access to all our free online and in-person workshops throughout the year. They're led by professional writers and cover a variety of scriptwriting topics (we usually hold around 6 per year, sometimes more).
Access to our online SYchat group and Yorkshire city writers' sub-groups where members share their news, ask for advice, find out what’s happening, and more.
Access to our members-only playbacks page, where you can listen to recordings of Q&A sessions we've held with professional writers and producers.
Our monthly Newscript e-newsletter, delivered directly to your inbox, containing industry news, competitions and calls for submissions and news from our members.
Opportunities to submit your work for our Page to Stage event and our annual radio drama competition. If your piece is selected for Page to Stage, you’ll see it up on its feet in a theatre space in front of a live audience and get feedback from a panel of professionals. Win the radio drama competition and we'll produce your piece for broadcast on Chapel FM and publishing on our website.
You'll be be able to network with other writers, to buddy each other and keep in the loop with all things scriptwriting in our county and beyond.
Of course! You can join any time; your membership will last for 12 months from the date you join.
No. Our writing community is spread across the whole of Yorkshire, so that would be a lot of discounts for our volunteer management team to negotiate and manage! But we believe our members get a lot for their money; our membership fees haven't increased in over 10 years.
No, sorry. But you can get a flavour of what we're all about by attending one of our twice-yearly Page to Stage events, which are open to anyone and tickets are around £5. We usually hold these at Seven Arts in Chapel Allerton, Leeds. There’s a bar area where people mingle before and after the show, so you could chat to people there if you like.
You can also have a read of our reviews page to see what our writers say about being a member. We deliberately keep our annual membership fees at an affordable level, so even if you joined and only attended one of our 4-hour workshops, you’d still get your money’s worth.
This will have happened because the bank card details you paid your membership fee with are out of date.
When your annual membership renewal date rolls around, our system is set up to to collect your subs automatically. If your payment fails, the system sends another email to notify you and there is then a two-week grace period in which you can update your payment card details.
If you don't update your payment card details within the two weeks, the system will automatically cancel your membership.
You'll need to log into your Script Yorkshire account, update your payment details and purchase a new subscription.
If you didn't receive any notifications, they will either have gone to your junk mail folder, or your anti-virus software or firewall blocked them, and that's not something we can do anything about at our end, unfortunately.
Our Join Us page and our welcome email clearly state that your membership will automatically renew unless you log into your account and cancel it yourself manually before your renewal date.
If you didn't wish to renew, please contact our membership secretary Lee for a refund by emailing members@scriptyorkshire.org. Please be polite; it's not his fault you forgot to cancel on time.
Log into your Script Yorkshire membership account, click on the My Subscription tab and, at the bottom of the page, click the Cancel subscription link. Job done.